the life of emily bronte

Emily Bronte’s life was not a happy one. She never really knew her mother, she never had any close friends, and she never married. Her tragic life contributed to her one and only novel, Wuthering Heights. This book is a romance, filled with tragedy and revenge. So what kind of life did she have that inspired such a morbid story?
Emily Jane Bronte was born on July 30th, 1818, to Reverend Patrick and Maria Bronte. She was the 5th of 6 children. Her mother died when she was just three years old. (Biography…1) Because of this, Emily was prone to writing stories with motherless characters. (Barker 1) After her mother’s death, their strict Calvinist Aunt Branwell moved in to help take care of them. When she was six years old, her father sent her and her sister Charlotte to the Clergy Daughter’s School, where their older sisters Maria and Elizabeth were already enrolled. This school was “run with the intention of punishing the pupils’ bodies that their souls migh...